I know tweeted about this yes­ter­day, but I wanted to share it on here because I think Lizzy Stewart’s online drawn diary is so won­der­ful. I have writ­ten about her work before, most recently Toska. And, if I am not mis­taken, Lizzy has recently gone back to school for her grad­u­ate degree, so maybe that ...

I wish I was tak­ing another vaca­tion. Specif­i­cally, across the pond to Leeds on June 17th through the 19th. What’s there, you ask? The LOOP Arts Fair will be going on, and it looks to be pretty great. Tal­ented illus­tra­tors, graphic design­ers, and applied artists will be on hand to trans­form the area of trans­form­ing ...

I always knew that Lizzy Stew­art could draw. But, when she was kind enough to send me one of her lat­est endeav­ors, Toska, I really got to see her draw­ing prowess first hand, not just on the inter­webs. Her beau­ti­ful style has been trans­lated into a black and white litho printed, 20 page book that ...

For the record, I don’t use sketch­books effec­tively as I should. Mine tend to be filled with scrib­bles, non sequiturs, and aren’t very exper­i­men­tal. The best sketch­books help artists to refine their style, and make it a safe place to “mess up” and try new things. For this Thursday’s round up, I’ve included some sketch­books ...

Lizzy Stew­art is a Scot­tish illus­tra­tor whose clients include Paste, the Guardian, and Tiny Show­case. She also par­tic­i­pates in gallery show and books! Lizzy is really great at the por­trait. She cap­tures an essence to her char­ac­ters through few lines or color, and you feel for them-even when some have a blank expres­sion on their face. ...